The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-16
PRESIDENTS TRAVELS.

il Times FaSJ-CleVelandS SCOlidlty.
A Washington letter to the Philadelphia
Press says: Although President Cleveland
has Travelled far less than most men who
have reached his years and have had his ex-
neriepce in public affairs, he promises to
make a GOOD record as tourist before this
wear is over. When he was elected Presi-
dent he had never been further West than
Cleveland, and the visit to that city was
made when he was young man. He had
visited Washington gon business for a day
some ten Years ago, but he had never been
in New England. He was not fond of travel
and his business did not give many oppor-
nuities to do so had he desired
But if his present plans be contaminated
he will before Congress meets, have visited
the Canadian boundary and the far South :
will have travelled the greater part of the
Mississippi Valley from st. Paul to st.
LOUIS and visited most of the large cities of
the West And it is his intention, or hope,
next year to go the Pacific slope
PRESIDENT MoNRoE's JOURNEY.
The custom of taking long excursions
through the country by Presidents is much
older than is generally believed Washing
ton had seen pretty much all of the Union
North of the Caroinas before he became
President and both John Adams and his
son, John Quincy Adams, were great trav-
elels for their time. Mr.. Jefferson and Mr.
Madison, however, seldom were long away
from the capital, and their longest trips
we're those made to their country seats in
Virginia
President Monroe was the first to con-
ceive the idea of making an extensive
Journey through the States while President
and he undertook, during one of the long
vacations, to travel northward through
New England and then westward as far as
far more SO than an excursion to Oregon
would now be. Steamboats, were just be-
ginning to ply some of the rivers, and most
of the turnpikeS were badly kept Mr.
Monroe Travelled in his own coach in very
simple manner. No special invitations
were extended to him, but he was cordially
received everywhere, and was the first
President that a great majority of the
American people ever saw. The sight of a
live President was far rarer at that time
than it now is When Mr.. Monroe stopped
great crowds gathered from miles around to
see him, and his summer journey was the
great sensation of that year.
ANDREW JACKSON DOING NEW ENGLAND.
Andrew Jackson was driven in his own
carriage over the tine national road, or
Cumberland road, as it was called, from
Nashville to Washington, some 800 miles,
when he went to assume the Presidency.
He was exceedingly fond of driving and he
kept fine stud. When he proposed to take
a summer jaunt into New England, the
nameless opposition--for the term Wing
had not then been adopted-raised a great
cry, which seemed only the more firmly to
determine Old Hickory to CO. He had
had never been in New England, or, in
deed anywhere in the North. The report
that he was to visit those portions of the
country created the greatest excitement
made to receive him. He rode in fine
stvle in his own coach, and, 1t is said. on
several occasions, six horses were attached
to it. All along the country roads people
gathered, many of them waiting patiently
to see him pass.
Andy Johnson was the first of recent
Presidents to make a long journey through
the country. This was done not because of
any special invitation, but of his own wish.
Whether the speeches that he delivered dur
ing that trip from the open carriage in
which he was driven through many towns
were in contemplation when he quilted
Washington or not is not known. But they
were delivered upon the slightest opportu-
nifty, and were so personal and
were so freely discussed public af-
fairs as to excite the widest attention. A
thing like this had never been done before
and never since. johnson turned his back
on that unwritten law of the White House
that requires whatever communication
Presidents have to make to the people to be
guardedly and most digniiedly done in
writing Johnson's excursion was not
pure pleasure trip. He meant business. He
wished to explain his policy, though this
method of doing it was against the advice
Of his best friends
GRANT AND HIS SUCCESSORS.
Grant was great traveller. He was pas
sionately fond of travel, and he was most
democratic in his manner of travelling.
After the war and during his incumbency
of the Presidency he visited almost every
part of the Union The Pullman parlor
car was just beginning to be used on the
railways, and Grants favorite place was in
the rear, near the window, from which he
was accustomed to look upon the country
with most observant eye Receptions
were bore to him, and once, when on a
visit to New Haven, it was with considera-
BILE difficulty that he could be induced to
leave a seat under tree in the yard of the
late Henry Farnham, where he was smoking
cigar and chatting with delightful infor-
mallty,, to attend a great reception where
many thousands were waiting for him.
AT all events" said he, let me smoke
another cigar before 60"
Hayes was good deal of traveller, and
except Grant was the only Presidentto visit
tie Pacific slope
Gen. Arthur was fond of travel, but alb
horred public receptions. His two pro-
longed trips, one into the wilds of Florida
and the other into the Yellowstone Park,
were made as privately as it twas possible to
do it. And he greatly enjoyed the freedom
from conventional restraints of dress and
customs.
Mr.. Cleveland, in the little travelling he
has done, finds the confinement even of the
palace cars irksome, and whenever he can
DO SO he travel Is at night. He is the sound
est OF sleepels in a car, but has queer habit
OF getting up as soon as dawn lightens up
the window. When travelling in the day
time he frequently sits for hours, neither
looking to the right nor left, but calmly
staring ahead, as though his mind were busy
with other things than those naturally'sug-
gested by travel.
NO President except Grant ever received
such delegation as that which recently
came from St LOUIS and Kansas City to in
Vlte Mr.. Cleveland to visit those places, OF
which is to come from st. Paul.